Unfortunately, despite how much he really wanted to 'play' with Madison for the full hour, after thirty minutes, Daz had to call it quits. Both he and Maddy had to prepare a few things before the auction, him in particular, so he couldn't exactly run out the clock.

  The two had parted ways after a quick shared shower. The first thing Daz did after that was get his merit points from the bank.

  His Wisdom allowed him to glean from the numbers that he'd been given his keep wage first before the bank interest applied, which Daz found interesting. 'So I can't figure out the calculations mentally, but I instinctively know it's that way without my esper power? I guess Wisdom has a few hidden uses, huh?'

  As he was making his way towards a suitable location for the school, he pulled up his ranking list. He was going to put it off until the last day of the resting period to get all of his rewards at once, but since the auction was mandatory, Daz wasn't confident that he could continue to hoard his various rewards and tokens like a dragon considering what things the system might throw his way.

  Daz nodded with satisfaction. 'I don't know what your goal was when you fucked with the system, Father. I have a hunch you wanted to get caught and were trying to fuck everyone over since each day of an attack cycle survived results in a great profit, but you only helped me by revealing the system's attention of me to Big Bo. I owe these merit points to you, Father,' Daz thought sarcastically.

  He stroked his chin and held his elbow in thought for a moment before he spoke aloud to himself. "I have a feeling this auction is going to require as much strength as is possible from me... It's not going to be normal. I guess I should use my S-ranked item tokens from my potential reward, my item exchange token and upgrade tokens from my compensation, this racial change, and all of Fort Skip's base and merit points. Maybe I can save the last one until the auction is over... Hmm..."

  "Ah, I also need to get my reward from the Box of Wonders." Daz held his forehead and frowned. "I've really let things pile up, huh?" he asked himself, not expecting an answer.

  'Do you know what you'll get with all of that stuff?' Reika questioned out of curiosity.

  Daz shook his head. "I'm not sure. I can ask the system, I suppose, now that I have Platinum-level access to the shop. I have an idea for the racial change, but I've got no clue what that lunatic Altros will give me. Last time, you popped out, and you weren't so bad, so we can only hope, huh?"

  Reika puffed out her cheeks with pride.

  Daz stopped walking and looked around. "Yeah, I guess this'll do." He was stood in an open area of the plains within the outer and inner walls that was between the barracks and the residential area. His thinking was that the school would be close enough to the homes to be convenient for those that still had parents while it would be near the barracks to hopefully inspire some of them to become defenders of Fort Skip in the long run.

  "System, please show me the most optimal school for Fort Skip right now. Ah, keep in mind that I plan to get another one for the city later. Also, show me Fort Skip's merit and base points, please," Daz requested.

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  "Wow. Okay, that's a lot of unit requirements, a lot of merit point and a lot of base points... Hmm... System, is there any way for me to transfer my base's merit points to my city's merit point balance?" Daz asked. 'Since my instincts are still shouting at me to improve Waterford, it'd be incredibly helpful to have over three-million points to help me on that front.'

  "How much does that cost? And does it do anything special beyond swapping points between places I own?" Daz asked. He'd rather avoid reading another snarky remark from the person writing the descriptions, if at all possible. He felt like he got enough of that from Rose as it was.

  "Hmm... Useful. System, I'd like to buy both the Territory Funding Transferral and the Below-Average Castle Private School. The school with merit points, not resources. Ah, and before you ask, yes, I confirm the purchase," Daz announced.

  Immediately afterwards, the ground rumbled. Emerging from the soil and grass came a towering building that rivalled the keep in size and design. If it wasn't for the large plaque above the wooden double-door entrance reading 'Fort Skip's Private School: All Ages Welcome!', no doubt Daz would have assumed that someone had plopped a castle in the middle of his base.

  "Okay." Daz nodded. Now that his promise to Sally was out of the way, he was free to upgrade himself personally with all of the things he'd been collecting over the past few days except for his merit points which he assumed he'd need for the auction. "First thing's first, system, please use my racial change to make my semi-halo a full-halo."

  It was a simple line of logic, but Daz's reasoning was that his new sixth sense which was easily overshadowed by his esper instinct would actually become better and far more integrated for combat situations.

  He could have given himself a big resistance, or perhaps made his skin tougher to cut. Hell, he could have even made it so he required sleep again or removed the need for food. On the extreme end of things, he could have changed his race beyond recognition, but he didn't want to do that. Most importantly, his instincts were yelling at him to change the halo.

  "Excellent," Daz said as he smirked. "More than I thought I'd get, that's for sure. It could have easily gone wrong. Once again, instincts, you've saved me. System, show me my skill, Halo of Absolute Judgement, please."

  Daz whistled in admiration much like how Crusher would have done. "Wow. God-rank skills are such fucking cheats. Makes me wonder, how strong are the people at the top three of all of the other ranking lists?" He couldn't help but laugh. "Then again, I doubt anyone has two God-rank skills like I do. I guess I'll find out soon enough."

  Meanwhile, Reika was standing on the edge of her bed, Daz's halo, and she dived into the centre like it was a swimming pool. After repeating this a few times, she got bored and treated the almost-divine part of Daz's being like a rubber floating ring.

  Daz, of course, left her to her own devices. "I guess next is this," he mumbled as he took the S-rank item token out from one of the pockets of his Travelling Gear of Altros. "Mu had some crazy items, while all I have is my gear, my earring, and Hamson... Hmm... System, what do you recommend I get with this token?"

  "Oh? Is it a consumable? That's new. Show me its details, please," Daz requested. His curiosity was definitely piqued. Why did the system think that he needed something luck related, of all things?

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